President Barack Obama’s unexpected mention of the Keystone XL pipeline in his climate change speech Tuesday gave the appearance of pledging a tough line on the project’s environmental impact. But his comments were embraced by Keystone supporters, who said the pipeline has already met the president’s standards.

Verizon Communications Inc. is pushing forward with its efforts to expand into Canada’s $19-billion wireless market, putting an initial offer on the table for Wind Mobile and starting talks with Mobilicity.

An increasing number of Canadian pension fund managers have set up offices in the U.K. and are investing record sums in the British economy.

Rare is the mayor who wins plaudits for scolding constituents, and rarer still the one who does it with enough flare to inspire a meme. But after Calgary flooded, that’s what Mayor Naheed Nenshi did.

Supporters and opponents braced for the U.S. Supreme Court’s expected release of decisions on gay marriage, rulings that could give the final word on the law after years of battles—or leave the high court’s views murky.

The Canadian Forces have dropped off emergency supplies to tourists stranded on an ice floe drifting in Admiralty Inlet near Arctic Bay, Nunavut.

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